Retaining device for purses



Dec. 14 1926,.

M. D. JEFFRIES 1 RETAINING DEVICE Fon PuRsEs Filed spt. 2. 1925 i?. v lINVENTOR` Mac/f Jms p MACK Dian/reines, neon/iii, New Yoan;

Application filed'septeiniier 2, 1925.' l 'snat Nc. V$41,650.@ ,Y

This invention relates to improvements in theft preventing devi-ces, particularly'de'` vices Afor preventing the stealthyezitraction of pocket-books or` the liltefroinL a 'pocket 'and it is the principal loject'of theinven# tion Vto provide a pocket-book! or the "like with a theft preventing-device which does not' in the leastdisturb orf'hinder-the nor-l its customary appearance. Another ,obj-ect; of

mal use of the pocket-book ordistract 'from he invention the'pro vision of -a pocket-book -lequippedf a theft preventing device positively -lprevent' Y ing 'a stealthy'f removal 'off the pocket-book..

A; further object of the invention is theV lprovision of a device positively preventing the theft of pocket-hooks from th-egpoclets of the owner, and whichis of simple andl inexpensive construction, and can be readily attached to any of the pocketfboolsnow in( themarket.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of al theft preventing device for the pocket-book whichcan he readily operated in order to project Atwo bars adapted to retain thepocket-book securely `in the pocket, and which are equipped with. a

means for preventing tearing of the materialvv of the pocket. Y

These and-otherobjects and advantages ofthe invention will become more fully known as the description thereof proceeds,v

and will then befmore Vspecifically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying a material part offthis disclosure:

t Fig. 1 is a rear view of a 'pocket-loodk,` equipped with a theft preventing device constructed according to my invention.V

Fig. 2 is a' front elevation of thetheft preventing device for pocket-books accord- `ing to the present invention in its inopera! tive position, onl an enlarged scale. i.

Fig. Sis a view similar to Figure 2, showing the devicek inthe operative position.

Fig. l is a sectional'end view f thereof. Fig. 5 is a sectional central view.

" Fig. V6 is a perspective view of theoper-V ating hars `and their springs.

Fig.7 is a top edge view. i The device comprises a rear orloase plate 1-0 having marginal turned over flanges 11 for the holding and 'securing of the cover plates'V 12 and 13.' l 'Y The rear wall or .plate 10, forming .a casing or frame is ,composed of two pa-rts drawing forming j Figure 3,`

hingedly attached 'to' 1 avv centrali Lpi'ntlefl'fi` hav.- v ingV suitable ffperforationsintermediate 'its ends *allowing Athe passage of :'two, juXta'- posed sliding bars 15 vand l''radapte'd to ex* tend withtheirioutervends through veyeletsy 17 and 18- inV the' side l'walls of a- L@pocket-#hookunderneath Athe "lining 'j of' the 'pocltetlloo'el;..V yThe outer? ends of'the 'fbars" 15 land -16 @are l formed into A-heads'20'and 21 which faire equipped l`l4with:"in'iloloeri tor the like'It-ips, 'for preventing?tlieitearingfprfdfainagingof' the material of a pocket. The bars .1'1"5 fah'd "16 aref: eqnipped.einterinediate'T their Z ends? with` notches or recesses 22, '23 adapted to be brought into alignment when thevbars arepushed inwardly, and adapted to be engaged by a linger 2e at the lower end of a lever 25 pivoted intermediate -its ends, as

opposite end'formed into a handle 27. A, spring 28 is attached at one end to the end wall of the `plate 1Q, while its vother end `is hooked into a VKperforation of lever 25, asat` 29. The inner ends of the barsl and 16v are formed into brackets 31.30 having perforated depending arms into which are hooked the ,en-ds of springs 32, 33, as at 34, 35, the outer ends l"of these springs are .attached to the frame or plate 10, as at 36,

37, respectively.

ru;v i l at 26, to the rear wall 10 and having its v The operation ofthe devicefrwill he entirely clear from the above description.r -If the pocket-book is to he used in the customaryvmanner, the linger 2li will engage the aligned recesses 22, 23 of hars 15 and 16,.

and'keepthc bars locled in their inner positions against the action vof the springs 32, Y p 83 as shown in vFigure 2. If the pocket-book i is placed into a pocket, the handle 2? isiopy erated to disengage finger 24 from they re- Vcesses 22, 23 of bars 15 and 16, andthese Y A bars Vwill beprojected outwardly by the action of the .springs 32 and 83 .as shown in Vto'engage the material of the pocket.

lt will he clear that it withoutl arousing the attention and suspi lcion of the wearer. v

While 'I :have shown and describedv theV will be impossihlef to extract 'the pocket-hookY from the pocket preferred -forin of my vinvention' as an eX- v ample, it will he 'clear Vvthat manyv changes such as come within the scope of the appended` claims he made'l without departure from 'the Vspirit of the invention.

kHaving thus described my invention, what I claim'as new and desireto .secureby Letters Patentis:

l. A theft preventing devicefor pocketbooks comprising a casing, a pair of juxtaposed recessed sliding bars Within said casing adapted to be projected laterally there-V from, a pivoted lever having a ringer adapted to engage `the recesses of said bars Whencesses of said bars, by the operation of saidv` handle and rubber mounted heads on ythe outer ends of said bars adapted toerigagethe' material of the pocket Vupon the projec- 'ffon of .said bars.

'2. A theft preventing device, or the like,

for pocket-books, or the like, comprising a casing, supporting a pair of juxtaposed laterally slidable bars, provided With recessesY kaligned When ksaid bars .are in their inner mostpositions7 and' normally engaged by the finger of a lever pivotally mounted in saidI case, said lever being normally held with its linger thus engaged by the action of a spring having one of its endsrfastened to said lever, and the other to. said casing, the said lever having its free end projecting from the casing, orminga handle to disengage Vsaid inger from said recesses, and springs having one oi their ends fastened to said .slidable bars, vand the other oi" 'their ends to the casing, to project said slidable bars to an outward position upon the dis? engagement Yof said ringer from said recesses.

" ln testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. v Y

MACK D. J EFFRIES. 

